Kenmore, Queensland
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| Kenmore Brisbane, Queensland |
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| Population: | 8,426 (2004) [2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode: | 4069 | ||||||||||||
| Area: | 5.2 km² | ||||||||||||
| LGA: | Brisbane City Council, Pullenvale Ward [1] | ||||||||||||
| State District: | Moggill | ||||||||||||
| Federal Division: | Ryan | ||||||||||||
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Kenmore is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 10km south-west of the Brisbane CBD.
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[edit] Geography
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- Street map from Street Directory, MSN Maps and Multimap.
- Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and Terraserver.
[edit] Attractions
Kenmore Village Shopping Centre is a central shopping centre located near the Moggill Road and Brookfield Road intersection. The shopping centre also has offices
The greater Kenmore area has a number of education facilities. They include Kenmore State High School, Kenmore Primary School, Kenmore South Primary School, Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School, Upper Brookfield Primary School, and Moggill Primary School. There is a proposal currently being considered by the Brisbane City Council to build a council library behind the Bakers Delight set of shops on Moggill road in what is now a car park.
Kenmore has a number of churches, including Our Lady of the Rosary, Kenmore Baptist Church, Kenmore Community Church (currently located in Bellbowrie), Kenmore Anglican Church and Kenmore Uniting Church.
Kenmore has a variety of sporting venues that are available for use. The largest and easiest to access is Akuna Oval, which has areas for soccer, AFL and rugby, as well as extensive walking tracks throughout the area. Other venues that can be rented through prior arrangement are the Kenmore Primary School tennis courts and some facilities at Kenmore South Primary School. Community classes are often held at various areas around Kenmore during term-time, and these classes range from yoga to fencing to pilates. There is also a women-only gym of the Curves franchise available on Brookfield Road.
[edit] Sports
Kenmore Australian Football Club
Gem Road Park Soccer Association
[edit] Community Groups
Sayer's Ballet Academy, which does centre-court performances every school holidays at Kenmore Village Shopping Centre.
Kenmore is dissected by Moggill Creek, and there is an environmental group known as the Moggill Creek Catchment Group that organizes working bees to rid the creek area of rubbish and introduced plant species that are not suited to the area.
[edit] Transport
By Road, the main road through Kenmore is Moggill Road. The retail centre of Kenmore is clustered around the roundabout where Brookfield and Moggill Roads intersect. By Bus, A number of bus routes service the suburb, including:
- 425 - City - Chapel Hill : CityXpress via Cultural Centre, Coronation Drive and Indooroopilly (Every day) (BT)
- 430 - City - Fig Tree Pocket : CityXpress via Cultural Centre, Coronation Drive, Toowong, Indooroopilly and Kenmore (Every day) (BT)
- 431 - City - Kenmore South : Rocket via Milton and Western Freeway (Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
- 432 - University of Queensland - Kenmore : Express via Indooroopilly (Monday - Friday) (BT)
- 433 - City - Kenmore : All Stops via Coronation Drive, Toowong and Indooroopilly (Every day) (BT)
- 435 - City - Upper Brookfield : CityXpress via Cultural Centre, Toowong, Indooroopilly and Kenmore (Monday - Friday (Indooroopilly To Brookfield Weekends)) (BT)
- 436 - City - Brookfield : Rocket via Milton, Western Freeway and Kenmore (PM Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
- 444 - City - Moggill : BUZ via Cultural Centre, Toowong, Indooroopilly, Kenmore and Pullenvale (Every day) (BT)
- 446 - City - Fig Tree Pocket : Rocket via Milton, Western Freeway and Kenmore (Peak flow Monday - Friday) (BT)
By Train, there is no rail station in Kenmore. Indooroopilly is the closest station.
